diff --git a/src/socket.io/categories.js b/src/socket.io/categories.js
index dbbb606224..c594361589 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/categories.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/categories.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var	async = require('async'),
 	categories = require('../categories'),
 	privileges = require('../privileges'),
 	user = require('../user'),
+	websockets = require('./index'),
 
 	SocketCategories = {};
 
@@ -73,4 +74,9 @@ SocketCategories.lastTopicIndex = function(socket, cid, callback) {
 	db.sortedSetCard('categories:' + cid + ':tid', callback);
 };
 
+SocketCategories.getUsersInCategory = function(socket, cid, callback) {
+	var uids = websockets.getUidsInRoom('category_' + cid);
+	user.getMultipleUserFields(uids, ['uid', 'userslug', 'username', 'picture'], callback);
+};
+
 module.exports = SocketCategories;
diff --git a/src/socket.io/index.js b/src/socket.io/index.js
index f0d9ea40e6..64b1ae8f39 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/index.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/index.js
@@ -287,17 +287,6 @@ function updateRoomBrowsingText(roomName) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	function getUidsInRoom() {
-		var uids = [];
-		var clients = io.sockets.clients(roomName);
-		for(var i=0; i<clients.length; ++i) {
-			if (uids.indexOf(clients[i].uid) === -1 && clients[i].uid !== 0) {
-				uids.push(clients[i].uid);
-			}
-		}
-		return uids;
-	}
-
 	function getAnonymousCount() {
 		var clients = io.sockets.clients(roomName);
 		var anonCount = 0;
@@ -310,7 +299,7 @@ function updateRoomBrowsingText(roomName) {
 		return anonCount;
 	}
 
-	var	uids = getUidsInRoom(),
+	var	uids = Sockets.getUidsInRoom(roomName),
 		anonymousCount = getAnonymousCount();
 
 	user.getMultipleUserFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture', 'status'], function(err, users) {
@@ -328,6 +317,18 @@ function updateRoomBrowsingText(roomName) {
 	});
 }
 
+Sockets.getUidsInRoom = function(roomName) {
+	var uids = [];
+	var clients = io.sockets.clients(roomName);
+	for(var i=0; i<clients.length; ++i) {
+		if (uids.indexOf(clients[i].uid) === -1 && clients[i].uid !== 0) {
+			uids.push(clients[i].uid);
+		}
+	}
+	return uids;
+};
+
+
 Sockets.emitTopicPostStats = emitTopicPostStats;
 function emitTopicPostStats(callback) {
 	db.getObjectFields('global', ['topicCount', 'postCount'], function(err, data) {